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... Two US residents have sued several Homeland Security agencies and officials, including Secretary Kristi Noem, for allegedly using surveillance tools to harass them, branding them as "domestic terrorists," and even showing up at their homes based on license-plate recognition.

On Monday, the nonprofit Protect Democracy filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of two Mainers, Elinor Hilton and Colleen Fagan, and other unnamed plaintiffs over what they describe as unconstitutional surveillance designed to deter them from exercising their First Amendment rights. ...

This included the two women named in the lawsuit, both lifelong Maine residents, who observed and recorded law enforcement officers' activities in public places.

In response, in what the lawsuit says is "an effort to chill their protected activity," the Department of Homeland Security and its immigration enforcement officials allegedly used "the government's significant surveillance capabilities to collect and track personal information about observers and other protestors."

And in some cases, the lawsuit claims they did more than just collecting and tracking this info, allegedly showing up at residents' homes in attempts to intimidate and harass them. ...